LFW 9.17:Sinha-Stanic A/W 06
The industrial seclusion of a Soho car park stood à rebours to the discreetly luxe display from Fiona Sinha and Aleksander Stanic. The pair have stridently moved to a tougher, sexier place after last season’s delicate Grecian layers. Concisely cut black and metallic bouclé collarless jackets were matched with reed-lean trousers or bubble skirts. Coats were strong, lending towards the classic with trenches and belted shapes gently tuliped below the waist, in caramac cashmere, camel hair and razored sheepskin. Evening took a heyday Aläia tone, with an array of abbreviated mini-dresses worn with vertiginous double-conical heels (note: pin-up pins essential). Choose from elegant origami drapes in vivid magenta or modern black cut-aways, embellished with burnished gold prism beads by Swarovski. Stealthily dynamic, the duo proved that young London could successfully be both edgy AND polished. EE